Cigarette lighter



Oct. 11, 1938. L v ARONSON 2,132,771

CIGARETTE LIGHTER Filed NOV. 24, 1936 l 45 ,ffii- N It| M.

Patented Oct. l1, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT ori-*lcs CIGARETTE LIGHTER of New Jersey Application November 24, 1936, Serial No. 112,582

2 Claims. (Cl. 21S-32) 'Ihe invention relates to a cigarette dispenser and lighter and has as an object the provision of a device whereby a cigarette may be secured in lighted condition by use of but one hand. being particularly useful in automobiles.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of the character referred to wherein the cigarette is lighted exteriorly of the supply receptacle.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of this character having an exceedingly simple form of pulling device.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing showing an illustrative embodiment of the invention. and wherein:-

Flgure 1 is a front elevation:

Fig. 2 is a horizontal transverse section on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a mounting bracket, and

Fig. 5 is a detail section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3 upon an enlarged scale.

As shown the device comprises a receptacle il for receipt of a supply of cigarettes having a cover member Il deslrably in the form of an ashreceiving tray provided with an opening I3 ln the top thereof.

To support and dispense the cigarettes from the receptacle I one at a time, there is shown a bottom member il hinged within the receptacle upon an axis at l and with its forward free edge resting by gravity upon a dispensing member i! which is pivoted upon an axis at I1 in the side walls ofA the casing. I'he member i8 comprises an arcuate portion Il to receive a cigarette, which cigarette when the member I6 is moved about its pivot will fall by gravity to be received by cradle members I9 placed below the bottom of the receptacle.

To prevent dispensing of more than one cigarette at a time, there is shown an arcuate extension upon the member I5 which closes the space between the edge 2| of the member Il and the front of the receptacle during the dispensing operation. A stop member 22 is shown secured to the lower edge of the arcuate portion 20 upon which the member rests ln its normal position and to which position the dispensing member is returned by a spring 23, Figure 1, coiled about the supporting shaft of the member i5.

The said shaft ls desirably square and secured of the receptacle.

to the dispensing member I3 as by solder and for producing a dispensing motion a finger lever 2l is shown in Figure 1 as secured rigidly to the end of the shaft exterlorly of the receptacle.

To ignite a cigarette lying upon the cradle members I 9, there is shown a cup member 25 supported by a pair of spring strips 23 and 21. One end of each of the strips 23, 21 is secured to the receptacle and both insulated therefrom as by insulation block 25. One of the strips as 28 in the form shown is electrically connected to the conductor wire 29 and the said strip is in electrical connection with the screw member 30 by which the ignition member is fastened to the spring members 25, 21, which screw member is insulated from the metallic cup member 25.

Within the cup member 25 there is shown a coiled resistance wire 3| which is electrically connected to the member 30 at one end and is grounded upon the cup member at its remaining end. The spring 21 is in electrical connection with the cup member 2.5 but insulated from the spring 26 as by mica insulation 32. Fixed upon the casing IB there is a contact 33 by which the spring 21 is grounded upon the metallic wall of the receptacle which in turn is grounded upon the frame of an automobile when the device is mounted thereon.

At the opposite end of the cradle there is shown a button 3l perforated at its center as at 35 and rigidly secured in a recess or opening surrounded by a downwardly extending portion of the wall A groove for this connection is shown at 35.

Rigidly secured to the button 34 is a cylinder 31 containing a piston 38 normally pressed by spring 39 to the outer end of the cylinder. A button 40 is shown secured to the piston rod ll.

With a cigarette lying in the cradle I9, the electrical insulation button 42 may be pressed as by an index finger to impinge upon the end of the cigarette, shown in dotted lines at I3, thereby pressing the remaining end of the cigarette over the opening in the pulling device. This pressure will also cause contact 33 to engage spring 21 thus closing the circuit through resistance wire 3| which will cause ignition of the cigarette. At the same time the button 4l may be reciprocated as by the thumb of the same hand of the user to cause air to move to and fro in theclgarette thereby bringing the same into full ignition when the cigarette may be freely picked oil from the cradle for consumption.

To support the receptacle Il as upon the dash 44 of an automobile, the bracket shown in Figure 4 at 45 may be utilized, which bracket is shown as made of an integral sheet of material comprising a plate d, upstanding ears 47, and a downwardly projecting ear 48 provided with an opening 49 forpassage of a thumb-screw 50 to secure the receptacle to the bracket by means of a stud screw 5| rigidly carried by a wall of the receptacle. y

At the remaining end of the plate 46 there is shown an upturned portion 52 having a screwthreaded opening for reception of a clamping screw 53 to be applied in the well Vknown manner.

The pumng device may be properly called an air pump and may if desired be made into a true pump by provision of a checkvalve overopening 35 and of a cup leather uponl piston 38 as will be obvious. i

Minor changes may be'malde in the physical embodiment of the invention within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit thereof.

I claim as my invention:

1. A lighter for cigarettes comprising, in combination: a support; a supporting cradle carried by said support; stop means rigidly carried 'by the support at one end of the cradle and having an opening; spring supported, electrical ignition means located adjacent the remaining end of the cradle and movable against an end of a cigarette thereon to press the cigarette against said stop means at said opening; contact means in the path of movement of'said 'ignition means; manually operated means to force air through said opening and the cigarette; and reciprocable means to actuate'said air forcing means operating substantially in the axis of movement of ignition means whereby one thereof may be actuated by a thumb and the other thereof by a finger of a single hand.

2. A lighter for cigarettes comprising, in combination: a support; a supporting cradle for a cigarette carried by said support; an electrical resistance ignition element spring supported upon said support at one end of said cradle and movable toward said cradle against resistance of its spring support; a pump cylinder formed with a closed end provided with a central opening, and rigidly supported at the remaining end of said cradle; a reciprocating piston in said cylinder; operating buttons carried by the rod of said piston and by said ignition element respectively; said buttons simultaneously operable by a thumb and a finger respectively of one hand of a user; and contact means operable by movement of the ignition element toward the cradle to energize said resistance element.

LOUIS V. ARONSON. 

